Newton
Newton is outside the top 1,000 in 2024, with 28 births. Its best rank was 182nd, in 1880.
- Rank in 2024
- —outside the top 1,000
- Births in 2024
- 280.00% of boys
- Peak year
- 1919208 births
- Best rank
- #182in 1880
- Since 1880
- 8,162people given the name
The story in the numbers
8,162 boys have been named Newton in the United States since 1880, according to Social Security records. The busiest single year was 1919, with 208 births.
The name has all but left use: 28 births in 2024, against 208 at the peak.
Half of everyone given the name was born by 1929, and the 1920s alone account for 19%. It has spent 77 of 145 years in the top 1,000.
Rank among boys, year by year
By decade
| Decade | boys named Newton | |
|---|---|---|
| 1880s | 538 | |
| 1890s | 372 | |
| 1900s | 316 | |
| 1910s | 1,306 | |
| 1920s | 1,552 | |
| 1930s | 982 | |
| 1940s | 801 | |
| 1950s | 613 | |
| 1960s | 398 | |
| 1970s | 285 | |
| 1980s | 218 | |
| 1990s | 232 | |
| 2000s | 184 | |
| 2010s | 232 | |
| 2020s | 133 |
In 1919, its biggest year
Newton was the 404th most given boy’s name that year. The top five boys’ names of 1919 were John, William, James, Robert and Charles. See all of 1919.
Names that rose and fell with Newton
Same sex, most similar popularity curve over 145 years, in five-year steps — the shape of the line, not the size.
- Elzapeak 1922
- Columbuspeak 1922
- Gustavpeak 1917
- Hirampeak 1920
- Irapeak 1947
- Bertpeak 1918
- Enospeak 1921
- Ernstpeak 1917
What this page does not tell you. The Social Security data records how many babies were given a name, not what the name means or where it comes from — so neither do we. Counts cover people with a Social Security number; names given to fewer than five babies in a year are withheld. More on the data.